I just got a hp 2200 for my birthday, and i have been looking at sd and cf cards. I was wondering how fast of a card I should get. Will 4x be fine for mp3s and videos, or will the HP support an 80x cf card? And will I be able to tell the diference?
Thanks for the replys
I have a 2215 running a 32x 256mb SD card, and a straight 512mb CF card. I don't notice any significant difference in access or application running on either.
The SD card holds music, the CF card holds games, apps, and backup.
I use Pocket Mechanic to test the read/write speeds of the cards. According to Pocket Mechanic, my 256 mb SD card reads at 0.9 MB/s, my 256 CF card reads at 0.67 MB/s, while iPaq file store reads at 1.25 MB/s.
No problem playing MP3s or videos on either SD or CF, if I were to buy a new memory card I'd just buy the biggest.
I use Pocket Mechanic to test the read/write speeds of the cards. According to Pocket Mechanic, my 256 mb SD card reads at 0.9 MB/s, my 256 CF card reads at 0.67 MB/s, while iPaq file store reads at 1.25 MB/s.
No problem playing MP3s or videos on either SD or CF, if I were to buy a new memory card I'd just buy the biggest.
I just got a hp 2200 for my birthday, and i have been looking at sd and cf cards. I was wondering how fast of a card I should get. Will 4x be fine for mp3s and videos, or will the HP support an 80x cf card? And will I be able to tell the diference?
Thanks for the replys
You can safely buy the cheapest card. There is not much point in getting a hi-end expensive card if you only want to use it in a PDA and want only infrequently write to it in a desktop card reader. (More expensive/faster cards can be 2-3 times faster written in a USB2 desktop card reader. This will be of little importance to you, however, if you don't plan to put hundreds of Megabytes on your card each day.)
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